Kuno National Park records ninth cheetah litter as Gamini births three cubs, raising India’s cheetah total to 38.

Exam-focused facts from the 19 February 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced that South African cheetah Gamini delivered three cubs at Kuno National Park.
The births coincide with the third anniversary of the arrival of South African cheetahs in India.
Gamini is a second-time mother within the project.
The litter is the ninth successful cheetah birth in India, lifting the count of surviving Indian-born cubs to 27.
With these cubs, India’s total cheetah population has reached 38.
Project Cheetah, launched on 17 September 2022, is the world-first intercontinental translocation initiative to re-establish cheetahs in India after their 1952 extinction.